Appen Moves Operations Offshore as Shares Continue to Decline
Share price falls after release of trading update; expecting disappointing full-year 2022 revenue and EBITDA results.
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Share price falls after release of trading update; expecting disappointing full-year 2022 revenue and EBITDA results.
Appen reports H1 2022 revenues to be down 7% and EBITDA down 69% versus the comparable period last year. CEO of data-for-AI provider blames sector slowdown rather than competition.
Record annual revenue of USD 447m unable to offset investor disappointment in ASX-traded company after downgraded EBITDA guidance and plunge in net profit after tax.
Shares in translation, transcription, captioning, and subtitling provider Ai-Media open strong after Sydney IPO, boosting company’s market cap to nearly AUD 200m.
Australian language service provider Ai-Media has reportedly begun roadshowing with investors for an IPO scheduled mid-September 2020.
Lionbridge CEO John Fennelly says he has no comment at the moment about reports that private equity firm HIG is exploring an IPO of Lionbridge in Australia. On 2018, Fennelly highlights a momentum in AI business and a return to growth in the core localization business.
After October IPO in Australia Straker Translations posts half-year results. Six months pro-forma revenues grew to USD 9.1m and adjusted EBITDA shows a slight profit. Company says their freelance English to French freelancers average 1,000 words per hour and earn USD 28 per hour.
Straker Translations completed two acquisitions this summer to bulk up ahead of its planned October 22 initial public offering on the Australia Stock Exchange.
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